Analysis of growth directions of columnar stromatolites from Walker Lake, western Nevada

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-435

  Petryshyn, V A ^a   Corsetti, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STROMATOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPISM; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; NEVADA; PHOTOTROPISM;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LAKE;

EID: 80051915784     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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